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Now, however, it seems Quaid is ready to sever his remaining ties to California, putting his dwelling on the market for just over $1 million more than he paid for it nearly 10 years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

But for all their anger at being caught in the middle of a war they didn't want and tried hard to avoid, Vaez doubts any are ready to sever their ties with the US military.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

When the opera company requested the Kennedy Center remedy the issue, center officials asked to sever ties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Visa and Mastercard payments in Cuba will be suspended from Saturday after US sanctions prompted a foreign bank to sever ties with a state-backed financial institution, Cuba's central bank said Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Time, as she had done to me for the past eighteen years, will provide them also with the half-baked answers to the surreal life I was about to sever myself from.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

For LGBTQ+ Christians, it can be a spiritual one, a forced concealment that severs them from authentic relationships with communities they love and were raised in, and with God.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

“If this — the charter ... is not renewed, then that pretty much severs their multiyear agreement,” Rivas said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

It follows workers at a megacorporation who submit to a procedure that severs their work memories from their personal ones, and it gets wildly weird.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025

The collapse severs the southern stretch of Interstate 695, a critical portion of the Baltimore Beltway that runs through the areas around the port.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

In the Greek myth of Prometheus the gift of fire forever severs humankind from the natural world—the burning torch is the icon of the constructed and artificial.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

These are among the most severe forms of DNA damage because both strands of the DNA molecule are severed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026

Inside, we perfected our power snap—the subtle whipping motion at the end of the cast—with severed rod handles, looking more like budding wizards than fishermen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Activists have urged L.A. to join the list of cities that have severed ties with the license plate reader company over concerns about how data is stored and shared.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

In the wake of that dispute, the Pentagon severed its contracts with the company, whose AI tools had been the only ones to hold defense security clearance.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

If the gods were good, Lannister’s severed head was halfway back to King’s Landing by now, but more like the dwarf was hale and whole and somewhere close, stinking drunk and plot-ting some new infamy.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“If you say that, you risk severing your relationship with your parent.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

The relief that came with the decision to finally let go was completely dwarfed by the immense pain of severing a family in two.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Not the part about severing ties to the British crown; that was a fine idea.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

Iraola - who was appointed by Hughes at Bournemouth - is the leading candidate and contact has already been made, with his immediate availability also playing a part in severing ties with Slot.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

My hand jerks; the shears snap shut, severing the stem.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins